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Chamber News
Highlights
(IN REVERSE
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
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Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Location TBA
Installation/Holiday Party
November
Date & Location TBA
Christmas Kids
Wed, Oct 15, 2008
Location TBA
Luncheon
October
Date & Location TBA
Wine Tasting
September
Date & Location TBA
Annual Golf Outing
September
Date & Location TBA
Annual Car Show
Wed, Aug 20, 2008
Location TBA
Luncheon
Available
for sponsorship
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Sat & Sun, June 21
& 22, 2008
Thornton Fractional North High School Track
755 Pulaski Road, Calumet City
Relay for
Life®
American
Cancer Society
Wed, June 11, 2008
Location TBA
Luncheon
Available
for sponsorship
April 16, 2008
Location TBA
Luncheon
Sponsored by Shad Whisler & Chris Martin
March 15, 2008
Macy's River Oaks
Junior Diva Event/Men's Rap Concert
Feb 23, 2008
Sam's Club, Lansing, Illinois
Open House/Breakfast
Feb 20, 2008
Tom's Restaurant, 894 Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Membership Meeting/Luncheon
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Dec 12, 2007
American Legion Post 330, Calumet City, Illinois
Election/Holiday Party
Nov 7, 2007
Lansing Country Club, 186th & Wentworth, Lansing, Illinois
Wine Tasting
Sept 21, 2007
River
Oaks (Billy Casper) Golf
Course, 1 Park Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois
Annual Golf Outing
For more
information or if you'd like to be a sponsor of our golf outing,
call Loren Bult at (708) 862-9400. This golf outing will be
coordinated in part by Tom Wolf.
Sept 9, 2007
River Oaks
Shopping Center
Annual Car Show
For more
information, call Larry Kutz at (773) 646-2378. If you'd like to be
a sponsor of our car show, call Larry Kutz or call Cynthia Thrall at
(630) 794-9666. Car Show Committee members are Kay Cooper, Tom
Cornwell, Larry Kutz, Cynthia Thrall and Andy DeYoung. Our car show
will be produced by Thunder Road Productions.
Aug 1, 2007
New Chamber Logo
For
all of its 70 years, the logo of the Calumet City Chamber
of Commerce has been the silhouette of an Indian chief
and peace pipe. This spring we had a logo contest, and the
winner is artist Jen Weinshenker. Her winning design
appears below, in our banner, and on the masthead of our
newsletter. Another update is the
renaming of our newsletter from The Business Beacon
to The Business Link.
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June 28, 2007
Charter One Bank, 1400 Torrence Ave, Calumet City, Illinois
Marketing & Customer Service Seminar
Sponsored by South Suburban College & Business Career
Institute
May 9, 2007
Tom's
Restaurant, 894 Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Membership Luncheon
April 26, 2007
Charter One Bank, 1400 Torrence, Calumet
City, Illinois
Business Seminar
April 25, 2007
Chamber Office
Membership Meeting
March 7, 2007
Tom's Restaurant,
894 Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Membership
Luncheon
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Dec 13, 2006
American Legion Post
330
Installation/Holiday Party
Dec 10, 2006
Westwood College
Building, 6th Floor
Christmas Kids
Oct 18, 2006
Tom's Restaurant, 894
Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Membership
Meeting
Sept 22, 2006
River Oaks Golf Course, 1 Park Avenue, Calumet City,
Illinois
Golf Outing
Sept 17, 2006
River Oaks Shopping Center
Classic Auto Show
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Membership Growth
We're growing, but we could use your help! If you know of a
business that would benefit from participating in our "New
Beginnings" Chamber, please refer them to our office, and we'll
follow up and call on them. Let's see if each member can bring in
one new member this year so we all benefit in sharing our
resources as a team of local businesses. Remember, TEAM stands for
"Together Everyone Accomplishes More!"
New Calumet Area Business Incubator Offices Being Planned!
A new Calumet Area Business Incubator office complex is in
the planning and development stage, supported through a steering
committee to include the Calumet City Chamber of Commerce, the city
of Calumet City, CenterPoint Inc., a small business development
center at Governors State University, South Suburban College's
Business & Career Institute, and various other supporting resource
agencies. Wayne DeGraaf, VP at Illiana Financial Credit Union, and
Dennis Gilliam, River Oaks general manager, originated the concept,
the purpose of which is to encourage and make available shared
office space and office amenities at a reduced cost to new and small
businesses. The incubator offices being developed include space in
the Westwood College Office Building located in River Oaks Shopping
Center. DeGraaf said, "This location is perfect for the
small-business owner who wants to graduate from a SOHO (Small
Office/Home Office) into office space that is more conducive to a
professional image with all the local amenities surrounding this
area. It's also perfect for those small-business owners who feel
that having a suburban office in addition to their Chicago office
would save travel time, be more convenient, and provide shared-cost
savings." Look for more information and updates in future issues of
the Chamber's "Business Beacon" newsletter.
New Calumet City Map
The new Calumet City map is now available! This is another
joint effort between your Calumet City Chamber and the Mayor of
Calumet City, Michelle Qualkinbush. Maps may be picked up at
City Hall and at the new Chamber office. This year we have
included information on the various city departments and their phone
numbers along with a listing of various businesses that helped
support the production and printing. Thank you to all who made it
possible through their generous financial support, and to those who
worked on the project. This is a full-color map of which you can be
proud.
Calumet City Community Guide Coming Soon!
A joint communications project in the form of our premier
edition of the Calumet City Community Guide is being produced
through the efforts of the Calumet City Chamber of Commerce, the
Calumet City Mayor's office, and Illiana Financial Credit Union.
Wayne DeGraaf, VP of Illiana and committee chair who is coordinating
the 5,000-issue 40- to 50-page guide said, "It will contain articles
about the city, its departments, emergency phone numbers, schools,
parks, history, maps, directories, etc., along with various articles
and information about the "new" Chamber of Commerce under the new
direction of President Janice Minton-Kutz." The guide also will
contain the names, addresses and phone numbers of all Calumet City
businesses, as well as Chamber members. A personal direct-mail
letter outlining the ad costs to support the Community Guide is
being sent to all Calumet City businesses inviting them to
participate by purchasing an ad to highlight their business.
Deadline for ads is July 15, 2006. The Mayor's office and
Illiana already have made a sizeable contribution toward the cost of
publishing. The publisher will assist businesses who need help in
designing an ad at no extra charge. This will be a full-color guide
for the years 2006/07. It will be available through businesses, the
city, and at our new Chamber office located in the Westwood College
building in the River Oaks Shopping Center, 80 River Oaks Center,
ARC 6 (lower level).
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May 11,
2006
Tom's
Restaurant, 894 Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Membership Meeting
April 19,
2006
Tom's Restaurant, 894
Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Membership Meeting
Lifetime member Harry Morton is congratulated by Mayor Qualkinbush
(right) and another Chamber friend (left).
March
2006
Chamber Manager Retires
 Kenneth Tease
devoted many years to the management of the Calumet City Chamber of
Commerce. Now Ken and his wife, Patsy, are moving to
sunny, carefree Las Vegas. We wish them well!
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March 4,
2006
Lansing Country Club, 186th
& Wentworth, Lansing, Illinois
69th Annual Installation Dinner-Dance & Silent
Auction
2006 Chamber Officers: President Janice Minton-Kutz, Secretary Shad Whisler, Vice-President Kay Cooper, and Treasurer Loren Bult
Nick and Karyn
D'Angelo, entertainer Dennis "Elvis" Stella, and Mayor
Michelle Qualkinbush
Feb 15,
2006
Tom's Restaurant, 894
Burnham, Calumet City, Illinois
Calumet City Mayor Presents 2006 "State
of the City" Address
For
more Chamber news, call the office at (708) 891-5888.
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